I remember a thread on here from October that Michigan could wear a 4th uniform for B1G play per Brent Yarnia. Being that Sunday is Michigan's first B1G home game, I assume if that is true it would be worn.
Thread: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/new-b1g-jersey-apparently-basketball
Speculation? Check.
I'm more than ok with the
As long as we don't wear
As long as we don't wear uniforms matching those shoes, I don't really care.
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Those are now Easter's claim
Those are now Easter's claim to fame. Thank god.
All in for some manball.
I'm actually hoping they have that
exact uniform distribution in the starting five. Two blue uniforms, two white and one maize.
Suck on that, Oregon! /s
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The Nike swoosh is
The Nike swoosh is mysteriously missing in the Fab Five photo.
Was it ever on in the photo?
Was it ever on the jersey? Most Nike Basketball jerseys back then didn't have a swoosh on the top...they had an exterior tag at the bottom. It would be above the left thigh if untucked...
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I guess you're right. I
I guess you're right. I thought they were at least on the shorts.
Michigan didn't switch to
Michigan didn't switch to Nike until the senior year of the Fab Five. The only members to wear NIke were Ray and Jimmy. The Fab Five uniforms you see above were made by Russell.
False
Junior year. The "we actually would have beaten Arkansas if Jalen could make a layup or the refs did not see Jimmy King simply being able to jump higher than Clint McDaniel as over the back" year. That was the first Nike year. Uniforms became a little heavier in terms of material, teh shorts went to more of a "pleated" look near the waste, swoosh on the left side. (I liked the Russel model better).
Really? We didn't sign the
Really? We didn't sign the contract with Nike until 1994. So unless the conttract began on Jan 1st and we wore Nike uniforms right away during Big Ten play, we wouldn't have had them until the 94-95 season, meaning Jalen and Juwan were gone.
More research finds that the
More research finds that the contract was announced Oct 20, 1994, meaning the first season we wore Nike was in fact the Fab Five's senior year.
http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1994/10/21/Sponsorships-Ad...
Really?
Color me suprised. Notwithstanding this finding, I am absolutely certain that the uniforms went through some changes after their second year. In addition to the changes noted above, their was no "slit" in the side of their shorts Junior year and the M was lower and a bit smaller. Perhaps Nike just piggybacked on some changes Russel had already made and that is why my memory has betrayed me.
Those...
...Russell Fab Five uniforms were sweet then and still are.
This is only the second or
This is only the second or third year that apparel manufacturers have been allowed to put their logo on their jerseys for basketball. (For football, for some reason, it's been allowed much longer.) So no jersey you see from the '80s or '90s will have a swoosh or anything else on it. That Rumeal Robinson jersey is a knock-off. (Nike didn't even make those uniforms then.)
I believe Nike started making
I believe Nike started making the jerseys after C-Web left. If I recall, these are made by Russell.
The '89 Road jerseys
We've worn "throwbacks" to those before. When we played OSU at home in 2009
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And they were sweet
I remember liking those a lot when we busted them out, I'd like to see them become part of the standard rotation.
Everyone's been saying we can't wear this or that because
Nike owns it. So how did we wear those uniforms in 2009? It wasn't Nike, but Adidas certainly didn't design the original version of those either.
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All Maize
I'm pretty sure I saw an announcement from adidas that showed the alternate jerseys for a bunch of teams, ours will be similar to the NBA christmas jerseys, all maize with all writing outlined in blue.
well shit
if that's true, it sucks. Those NBA jerseys were impossible to read on TV
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from umhoops
yeah, they are that ugly... http://www.umhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/image5.png
hey now
adidas would NEVER outfit one of our sports teams with jerseys that have illegible numbers...
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Can Adidas copy the look of
Can Adidas copy the look of old Nike uniforms? If they can't use the same color because it's trademarked or whatever, I would imagine there is some similar rule about replicating the design, unfortunately.
Sidenote...
I really wish the piping on the blue uniforms matched the maize in the text. It's not even close...
And this is why I like our maize uniforms the best (with the maize and blue shoes and socks).
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I doubt it will be Sunday
The article I saw said it would be later in the season. Probably the Indiana game at the end of the year at home.
wishful thinking
If I was the man in charge I would do an all maize '89 jersey, except for the obvious stripes down the sides.
I hope you'd add
an extra 6 inches to the inseam...just sayin!
Like a bunch of women
I see more posts about uniforms. I care way more about how the teams play than what the jersey colors look like. Just my opinion.
agree
I was about to post the same thing. I hate all of these alternative jerseyz, but at the end of the day, I am certainly not going to get worked up about it - I care much more about how the teams play.
You hate them so much yet
You hate them so much yet you're posting in a thread about uniforms(z).
Hmm.
When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....
Ahh, the old "I don't care
Ahh, the old "I don't care about this thread" comment in a thread that the poster doesn't care about. Gotta love it!
Disgruntled former moderator. I got a lot of problems with you people!
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People seem to like the sexism, too.
You could call the fab 5
You could call the fab 5 uniforms, uniformz!
I'm sure people on here
I'm sure people on here would have had a freakout. The black socks are turrible! Black is not even our color! The shorts are too long!
Speaking of throwbacks...
Is there any place to buy some of the throwback uniforms, say from 89 or the Fab Five days?
Actually this is true
People lost their freakin' minds over the Fab 5 uniforms--the black socks and shoes, the long shorts. I was 20 years from having a formal affiliation with the University, but I loved that team, the look, the trash-talking and the swagger. Pure hip hop...bring tha noise!
I loved that team too, but in
I loved that team too, but in retrospect the trash talking and swagger just made them look like assholes. I like that this years team doesn't do that.
Maybe they
will be rocking the shorts from the 70's.......oh if only
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Who wears short shorts?
I wear short shorts!
The Fab Five jerseys would
The Fab Five jerseys would not get the thumbs up from DB. They aren't highlighter yellow.
Love the 89 jerseys and the
Love the 89 jerseys and the fab five jersey. I had the maize shorts back in 93. Still love those shorts.
I'm more than ok with the throwback M on shorts or with M and then ichigan. I love those jerseys.
That said... Dave Brandin' has staffers check MGoBlog. Every 10 complaints for uniformz adds a new instance of uniformz. We are now at 1,113. Let's keep it positive. k thanks!
Touchdown Michigan!